Neville Goddard on Job 7:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 7 in context

Scripture Focus

4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

6My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Job 7:4-6

Biblical Context

Job describes a night of tossing and bodily decay. He feels time pass swiftly with no hope.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, Job’s night of tossings is a chapter in the inner weather of consciousness. The flesh's decay is a symbol, not an external sentence; it marks a belief that life is measured by time and pain. In truth, you are awareness, not the body or its symptoms. When you lie down and cry out for dawn, you are but affirming a state of mind: that you are separate from your endless source. Yet the I AM never sleeps; it is the dawn within. The 'swifter than a weaver's shuttle' passage points to the mind racing with fear and judgment, not to an immutable fate. Revisit the scene by assuming the end you seek: that the light of consciousness is always awake, the body is held in divine care, and days are filled with new vision. Keep your attention on present awareness, remove the belief in decay, and feel the restful, confident heartbeat of God within. Do not resist the night; revise it by declaring that you awaken into harmony, health, and purpose in the awareness that you are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit or lie with eyes closed; repeat, 'I am the I AM,' and revise the scene to: 'Dawn is my natural state; my body rests in divine life; I awaken to peace.' Then feel a warm current of life in the chest as you embrace a new day.